Hey everyone, just a quick overview: Has anyone noticed a definite damage difference between explosive and armor piercing ammo?

I mostly play with explosive since I can deal damage even if my aim isn't the best (it isn't) and can take out a whole bunch of scouts with one burst and damage enemies on groups. I don't usually play with AP since I prefer the qualities of explosive I mentioned above and I haven't noticed a difference between the damage done between the two types. (note: the AP helping against armor doesn't score up much points since i aim for the weak spots)

So my question is this; Is there a difference in the damage done by explosive and armor piercing ammos?

That's definitely possible. However, Hunters have armor plated bits on their heads, right? So, it should make a big difference for those, too. Yet from my experience, it doesn't seem to. Incendiary to me is pointless, especially since I use the Death Machine. Much faster than any Gun + Ammo for the hives lol.

I find explosive is the most versatile and helpful when you get towards the end.

I guess though it depends on your weapon. I'm a sucker for the simple weapons as I find them most effective. I always get the AK 47 near the second hive at the start of the game and use it for the rest of the game.

It reloads pretty quick too, which is quite helpful towards the end of the game.

All those machine guns (and the chainsaw) while having great firepower, take an eternity to reload which is a pain if your being attacked by multiple aliens.

I use the same, along with the Honey Badger when I get to the cabin area. Those two are just great and it's always good to have 2 primary weapons, especially in that area for when you get swarmed with enemies. Switching weapon to another primary can make all the difference instead of reloading.

Ahh yeah, 3 upgrades (worth 2 skill points). To be honest I think that should be switched with the current final upgrade. Same goes for Medics in honesty. Resistance to scorpions gas clouds should be last, and what currently is the final upgrade, should be 2 points.

I always use incendiary, Armor piercing is really only good for the Rhino and usually the sentries will take them out pretty quick, It is nice to have one person with armor piercing and throw out right before rhino appears or whenever there is a rhino. Explosive seems to do less damage, although does a little damage to anything near by, it does less damage than any ammo with a direct hit. The only time cryptids are close to each other enough where the exposive would be valuable is if you are getting over run and they are all over you. Otherwise, Incendiary is the way to go. It does the most damage since it continues to burn and damage if you move on to another. Plus does a lot more damage to barriers in POC. Everyone has their preference though, just with most I have played with, we all have incendiary and sometimes one person runs armor piercing for Rhino. Usually they don't upgrade it though, because you don't need much, once you take the rhino down you go back to Incendiary.

Was a bit confused until I saw the date of the first posts. Explosive is garbage since they nerfed it back around March IIRC, it was great before the nerf though. I used equip Incendiary before the nerf for the barrier hives and people would whine in lobbies for me to switch to explosive even though I wasn't putting any points into it and was always the armor or feral guy.

Blew a lot of people's minds when they saw you could take down the first barrier hive in 10-15 seconds.

As for armor piercing I have always hated the stuff. The damage over time from incendiary's burn damage is far more useful than AP IMHO, especially against scorpions and seeders that will jump out of your line of fire. When they leave your field of fire or you have to reload you're still doing damage with incendiary.

Ever since explosive ammo had its nerf and reduced its explosive radius, it became a less popular ammo type to run. many enjoy AP due to lack of need to aim in designated areas in order to reduce armoured plates being shot.